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Borehamwood man one of 13 sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug dealing in Hertfordshire

A Stanmore man is among 13 people who have been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison for dealing drugs.

Run by Falmouth man Besnik Sinanaj, Brezar Culaj, of Stanmore, and Brigal Culaj, of Watford, and involving people from Harrow, Borehamwood, Bushey Heath and Bushey. the Mario Line network sold £4million of cocaine in a year.

It was shut down in May by Hertfordshire Constabulary’s Serious and Organised Crime Group after 160 police carried out dawn raids on May 8 last year.

The criminals were sentenced on February 14 and February 17 at Harrow Crown Court. They had all pleaded guilty at earlier hearings at the same court.

The three ringleaders will serve between six and ten years in prison for supplying Class A drugs and three others will serve between four and five years for the same offence.

Eight others were sentenced for supplying drugs. Two were given suspended sentences of nine and 12 months and the rest will serve 20 months behind bars.

Detective Chief Inspector Mike Trotman from the Serious and Organised Crime Group said: “The Mario Line was one of the most organised and prolific drugs lines to have operated in west Hertfordshire and I am pleased that we have dismantled this and the majority of those involved in its operation are now in prison.

“Hertfordshire remains one of the safest counties in the country and I want to send a clear message to anyone involved in drug crimes that we will use every power available to us to build intelligence, carry out warrants and bring offenders to justice.”

Comments

if he is a foreigner, we dont want this scum here get rid of himsave the wood

if he is a foreigner, we dont want this scum here get rid of him

Score: 12

G_Whiz
9:16pm Thu 20 Feb 14

save the wood wrote…

if he is a foreigner, we dont want this scum here get rid of him

The whole gang is eastern European, and it's a shame they traveled all this way only to get caught! Good work by the police, but they are fighting a losing battle.

All the papers are full of these gangs at the moment. Why can't they print stories about English, grooming, drug dealing, pick-pocketing, sex trafficking gangs for a change?

racists.

[quote][p][bold]save the wood[/bold] wrote:
if he is a foreigner, we dont want this scum here get rid of him[/p][/quote]The whole gang is eastern European, and it's a shame they traveled all this way only to get caught! Good work by the police, but they are fighting a losing battle.
All the papers are full of these gangs at the moment. Why can't they print stories about English, grooming, drug dealing, pick-pocketing, sex trafficking gangs for a change?
racists.G_Whiz

save the wood wrote…

if he is a foreigner, we dont want this scum here get rid of him

The whole gang is eastern European, and it's a shame they traveled all this way only to get caught! Good work by the police, but they are fighting a losing battle.

All the papers are full of these gangs at the moment. Why can't they print stories about English, grooming, drug dealing, pick-pocketing, sex trafficking gangs for a change?

racists.

Score: -5

Palma21
12:11am Sat 22 Feb 14

Foreign offenders should be sent back to their own country to serve their time in prison. It is legally allowed so why are we not implementing this? It would serve two purposes 1) it would save us the cost of imprisoning them and 2) the prisons in their own country will be significantly less salubrious than our own which may be more of a deterrent. They should definitely then not be allowed back into the U.K.

Foreign offenders should be sent back to their own country to serve their time in prison. It is legally allowed so why are we not implementing this? It would serve two purposes 1) it would save us the cost of imprisoning them and 2) the prisons in their own country will be significantly less salubrious than our own which may be more of a deterrent. They should definitely then not be allowed back into the U.K.Palma21

Foreign offenders should be sent back to their own country to serve their time in prison. It is legally allowed so why are we not implementing this? It would serve two purposes 1) it would save us the cost of imprisoning them and 2) the prisons in their own country will be significantly less salubrious than our own which may be more of a deterrent. They should definitely then not be allowed back into the U.K.

Score: 18

kelvin
10:33am Wed 26 Feb 14

Spot on Palma21....or put 'em on a chain gang for 20 years, and make them fix the Country's potholes.

Spot on Palma21....or put 'em on a chain gang for 20 years, and make them fix the Country's potholes.kelvin

Spot on Palma21....or put 'em on a chain gang for 20 years, and make them fix the Country's potholes.

Score: 4

mr.taxpayer
4:27pm Mon 3 Mar 14

He's no 'Borehamwood man', he's a drug dealing foreign scumbag who lived in Borehamwood. There is a MASSIVE difference.

He's no 'Borehamwood man', he's a drug dealing foreign scumbag who lived in Borehamwood. There is a MASSIVE difference.mr.taxpayer

He's no 'Borehamwood man', he's a drug dealing foreign scumbag who lived in Borehamwood. There is a MASSIVE difference.

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